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Negro Folktales in Michigan / Richard M. Dorson, Richard M. Dorson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Michigan--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Tales--Michigan.
- Tales.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- Tales--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- African Americans--Folklore.
- Tales--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TALES
- I. THE COMMUNITIES AND THE STORYTELLERS
- II. THE ART OF NEGRO STORYTELLING
- III. ANIMAL AND BIRD STORIES
- IV. OLD MARSTER AND JOHN
- V. COLORED MAN
- VI. HORRORS
- VII. HOODOOS AND TWO-HEADS
- VIII. SPIRITS AND HANTS
- IX. WITCHES AND WONDERS
- Χ. THE LORD AND THE DEVIL
- XI. PREACHERS
- XII. LIARS AND IRISHMEN
- XIII. FAIRY TALES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES
- INDEX OF INFORMANTS
- INDEX OF MOTIFS
- INDEX OF TALE TYPES
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-33025-0
- OCLC:
- 1024040768
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